Now HP has released the second update to webOS 3, release 3.0.2. The newest iteration of the OS contains a number of small updates which should make the user interface on the TouchPad feel a bit more usable and responsive. Among the highlights are:

The Email app offers faster scrolling and improved image rendering, as well as improved management of multiple emails in Draft and Outbox views

You can now set your wallpaper from photos in the Photos app

In the Calendar app, you'll notice improvements in layout, searching for events with Just Type, and more

Can't live without "can't"? You'll appreciate enhancements in autocorrection of contractions.

In a cringe-worthy example of marketing speak HP promises [press release] that with the update, "Now your TouchPad is even more like nothing else."

Perhaps that wasn't the best choice of words when one of the main criticisms of the TouchPad is the buggy interface and lack of apps.

Of course, HP did inherit Palm's small contingent of loyal fans, many of whom bought TouchPads. For example, on HP's blog, "RussK" cheered, "Great work guys. Keep it up. Thank you for providing a great alternative to the Apple, google, and, in the future, Amazon environment; I like the usability freedom HP and webOS continues to provide."

For these users, the update may be music to their ears. For the rest of the tablet community it's just a humorous footnote.

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